Anyone have pics of Quesnell's '52 Ford?

[randy]

Germ showed a shot of this on his"Barris stuff" post. Lurker Mick says that the owner of this '52 Ford Victoria was Jerry Quesnell from Venice Beach, CA. Any info or pics on this car would be GREATLY appreciated.

-r

Based on germ's description of the pic, I assume the car appeared in Motorlife magazine , mid 50's sometime.

[Lowlife]

Here's one from the '57 Custom Cars Annual.

[johndanger]

hey, thats the same pic

[Dirk]

Before he had that car, he owned a Barris chopped Merc. It was on the cover of Hop Up in March of 1953 and was called Jerry's Purple Rage.

I had asked Junior(Barris' Painter) if it was the same guy. He confirmed that it was. Times and trends change, so I guess he had to have a newer car to keep up. His 1949 Merc is my favorite of all the Barris mercs, and that is saying alot.

I would scan the cover if I had a scanner, maybee some one else can?

[randy]

Thanks for the larger pic and info. I'd really like to find out more about this car. Was it ever featured in any of the popular mags of the day? If anyone else has stuff on it, It'd be cool to see. Is that a '55 Ford grille?

-r

[Lowlife]

Yup,I'd say '55 grille.All the caption says is he's from Venice,CA.,the car is lowered to 2 inches from ground,features dechroming and clean looking custom grille.This and the pic above are the only pics.Sounds like Germ is gonna fix you up with more on the car soon.

[Ron]

Here is the same pic from the Big Book Of Barris. Maybe a little clearer. I know have it in a magazine somewhere but sure can't find it now.